Picture this. You’ve organized, from A to Z, a major corporate event or convention. You’ve put more hours than you can count into making it all happen. You’re on budget. You achieved your attendance target. But how can you mitigate logistical nightmares and ensure a stellar attendee experience?

When Richard Desjardins, Manager of Eng. Wood Product Manufacturing at FPInnovations at the time, submitted Québec City’s application to host the World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE) in 2014, he wanted to show all his colleagues—from Vienna to Seoul, what we Quebeckers are capable of!